Fritz Feld
Acting
🎂 1900-10-14
Fritz Feld was born on October 15, 1900 in Berlin, Germany as Fritz Feilchenfeld. He is known for his work on Bringing Up Baby (1938), Barefoot in the Park (1967) and Hello, Dolly! (1969). He was married to Virginia Christine. He died on November 18, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Born in Berlin, Germany, Feld began his acting career in Germany in 1917, making his screen debut in Der Golem und die Tänzerin (The Golem and the Dancing Girl). Feld filmed the sound sequences of the Cecil B. DeMille film The Godless Girl, released by Pathé, without DeMille's supervision since DeMille had already broken his contract with Pathé, and signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He developed a characterization that came to define him. His trademark was to slap his mouth with the palm of his hand to create a "pop!" sound that indicated both his superiority and his annoyance. The first use of the "pop" sound was in If You Knew Susie. Feld often played the part of a maître d', but also a variety of aristocrats and eccentrics; his characters were indeterminately European, sometimes French and sometimes Belgian but always with his particular mannerisms. In the 1938 screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby he played the role of Dr. Lehman. In 1939 he appeared with the Marx Brothers in At The Circus in the small but memorable role of French orchestra conductor Jardinet. In one 1967 episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., "The Napoleon's Tomb Affair", Feld played a banker, a beatnik, a diplomat and a waiter. The episode also featured Ted Cassidy from The Addams Family. In his later years, Feld appeared in several Walt Disney films and also played an uncharacteristically dramatic role in Barfly. In addition to films, he acted in numerous television series in guest roles, including the recurring role of "Zumdish", the manager of the intergalactic Celestial Department Store on Lost In Space, in two Season 2 episodes, The Android Machine and The Toymaker. Zumdish returned in the Season 3 episode Two Weeks In Space, where he has been brainwashed by bank robbers into believing he is a tour director taking the robbers on holiday. He also portrayed one of the Harmonia Gardens waiters in the movie Hello Dolly! Feld made his final film appearance in 1989.
Cast credits(165)
Lars
1980
Mr. Zumdish
1965
Captain
1969
Walter
1969
Fontaine
1959
Captain of Waiters
1963
Chef
1965
1981
Self
1950
1962
Maitre 'd
1985
1952
Maitre D'
1970
1954
1958
1951
Prof. Greenleaf
1966
Oliver Muzzy
1966
1964
1957
Quigg
1968
1977
Announcer
1986
1964
King's Bidder
1958
1952
Waiter
1974
Maitre D
1955
Tour Guide
1951
1966
Doctor
1953
1977
Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire
1981
Fritz Lehman
1938
Psychiatrist
1948
Anatole
1947
Rudolph's Assistant
1969
Jester (uncredited)
1920
Pierre
1961
Maitre D'
1964
Chief Steward
1980
Mr. Jackman
1976
Maitre D'
1974
Lecours
1943
Sigmund Van Dyke
1969
Bum
1987
Restaurant Proprietor
1967
Jardinet
1939
Uncle Frederick
1975
Bit Part (uncredited)
1986
Fritz
1963
Ship's Doctor
1963
Tomaso Abalone
1977
Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
1952
Maitre d'
1976
Penelope's Dance Partner (uncredited)
1966
Barber (uncredited)
1954
Mr. Gilbert
1975
Rudy's Butler
1976
Mortician
1989
Fritz
1965
Mac, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
1941
Fritz
1954
Irving Catastrophe
1963
Jess (uncredited)
1953
Mrs. Wellenmellon's Hairdresser (uncredited)
1961
A revolutionist
1928
Sebastian (voice)
1982
Pianist (uncredited)
1950
Busby - Roaring 20's Director
1961
Luis Leoni
1938
Armand
1969
Pepito
1948
The Attaché
1966
French Dressmaker (uncredited)
1950
Alvarez (uncredited)
1952
Waiter
1972
Pittatek
1939
Hotel Clerk
1941
Prof. Tabor
1948
Al Pucci aka Alfred Puccini
1945
Prefect of Police
1946
Chef Petrovich
1942
Max Primerose
1938
Sergei Stroganoff
1947
Dubois
1938
Martelleau
1937
Window Dresser
1950
Mr. Andre Schmidtlap - Hotel Manager
1948
Fritz
1938
Professor Ganzmeyer
1948
Dr. Kapok
1951
Mose Levett
1929
Tavern Keeper
1940
Oscar, the Headwaiter
1940
Pierre
1948
Rudolph Jouvet
1951
Critic
1943
Poffenburgh
1944
Mario
1940
Robert Oglethorpe
1942
Forsythe
1940
Hotel Clerk
1947
Professor Orco
1942
Krayler's Butler
1937
Doctor Dittenhoffer
1944
The Russian
1938
Clothing Salesman
1951
Paganini
1929
Fritz Mueller
1937
1978
Pierre (hairdresser)
1951
'G.G.' Gorta
1940
Chef
1974
Nicholas Kavlun
1946
Vladimir
1938
Mr. Nitvitch
1938
Josef Altman
1943
Club Steward
1946
Marty LaFontaine
1984
Mr. Hoople
1942
Montescu
1945
Gendarme
1939
Nicholas
1939
Herr Meyer, Hotel Director
1937
Michele
1944
Herr Tegnar
1942
Prof. Rinaldo
1951
Dr. Bluzak (uncredited)
1957
Swiss Hotel Clerk
1937
Chief Janitor
1944
Signor Makanoff
1940
Field Marshal Muller
1941
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1952
Marcel the Maitre d'
1954
(archive footage)
1946
'Lady MacBeth'
1938
Henri Gautier
1940
Pierre Gaston de la Blanc
1941
Monsieur Louis
1949
Claire's manager
1945
Fritz Feld
1970
Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce
1955
Geronimo
1960
James Fraser
1929
Wizard
1930
Dr. Quincy
1950
Mr. Nitvitch
1938
Mr. Nitvitch
1939
Niccolò Paganini (uncredited)
1943
Chez Henri
1948
Wine Salesman
1946
Director (clip from "Swingtime in the Movies", 1938) (uncredited)
1947
Dr. Von Slaughter (uncredited)
1956
Malisse
1939
Headwaiter
1952
Count Pierre Fountaine de Louis-Louis
1938
Stage Director
1941
John Swallowtail
1962
Ambrose
1959
Lasagna Pizza - Orchestra Leader
1953
Thomas Bernard
1928
Dr. Hugo Flugleman (uncredited)
1952
Sokol
1928
1921